The error occurs when it tries to download the jnlp file. The funny thing is, the path is correct (when you copy/paste the path from the error message popped up by jws in explorer, it can find it because it starts up jws).

You have to trip-slash if you want to omit the hostname and do a C:/... path. In this case I think you have to use a double slash....except that it doesn't work (I tried triple slash as well)

Yep. FYI, the standard has:

protocol:path1

...and the most-frequently-used path1 is:

// hostname / path

where this second path is defined as being a minimum of "/", and where ommitted defaults to "/". e.g. for http protocol, "/" and a null path are defined to be precisely the same.

(FYI if "/" is included anywhere in this path, the standard says it MUST represent hierarchical topology.)

NB: many systems use this definition of path, including netbios as observed above. (EDIT: ...if you don't mind swapping "\" for "/" and vice versa . Apart from char differences, the path definition is the same for many protocols...)

Besides, what's wrong with setting up a tiny HTTP daemon to farm out the files anyway?

Because I'm lazy and I hate wading through docs to find out how to set up mime types

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I confirm that a http server is not necessary. Did run my stuff locally without. But I only accessed local drives, no network drives.

Yes, locally it worked already. Anywhere else it doesn't.Anyway, I added the jnlp mime type to apache which I had already installed anyway, so it works.Can anyone recommend a tiny http server I can use for serving webstart apps for just a LAN? No security, performance or scaling requirements whatsoever, just serving a webstart app.

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